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#BoxOfBooks Day--from #JimEmerson, the first 3 issues of Futures/Past a visual "yearbook" for the year covered. After unboxing, I intended to briefly leaf through them and suddenly discovered one hour had passed! #SF #Fantasy
The cover of the three issues of Futures/Past. From left to right: 1926 - The Birth of Science Fiction showing Hugo Gernsback with covers of the first Amazing Stories. 1927 - Dawn of the SF Blockbuster showing clips from the movie metropolis. 1928 - Space Opera showing a battle bewteen three space ships
April 27, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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A #BoxOfBooks day--the 4th volume in Jim Emerson's Futures Past series highlighting 1929.
When I was a kid I loved reading through almanacs. All that cool information in one spot! It was a great birthday present.
Check out the chapter page of this marvelous SF almanac.
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Book cover showing a long library shelf stretching along a corridor into an alien desert landscape Chapter listing. Text: Contents Introduction. 1929 in Review 1929: A Chronology of the Past. 1929: A Chronology of the Future Milestones.. Author Births & Deaths... SF Debuts.. Science Fiction Magazines of 1929 Amazing Stories. Amazing Stories Quarterly Science Wonder Stories. Air Wonder Stories. Science Wonder Quarterly. Weird Tales. Other Magazines. Science Fiction Books of 1929. Science Fiction Films of 1929 Science Fiction Plays of 1929 Other Worlds Evolution of the Term "Science Fiction" Gernsback Bankruptcy The First SF Clubs Fanzines Rocketry Clubs... Women Pioneers of SF (1666 - 1925) The chapter about the 1929 movie The Mysterious Island. There are clips from the movie on the right-hand page.
November 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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After perusing Future/Past by #JImEmerson, TIL why many #SF and #Fantasy silent films are considered lost, about the stinginess of #HugoGernsback, and the Austrian SF writer who was assassinated by a Nazi for writing a book satirizing the Nazi antisemitism. (see photo below)
The cover jacket is a two color (red and white) of fascists marching through the streets of a city. Text: Title: The City Without Jews: A Novel of Our Time Author: Hugo Bettauer [1872-1925] <snip> Summary: originally published in 1922 (see cover below) and basis for the 1924 film of the same name, the novel was written as a satirical response to the rampant antisemitism in Austria during the 1920s. The characters of the book are based on real political figures and not in a subtle way either. The story opens with a new law being passed forcing all Jews to leave Austria. Though the rest of the population is initially enthusiastic about the event, once the Jews are expelled the country begins to go into a social and economic decline. The book was not well received in Austria and in 1925 National Socialist Otto Rothstock shot and killed Bettauer. He served only 18 months in prison and upon his release resumed his position in the Nazi Party, both a wealthy man and a national hero.
April 27, 2024 at 3:33 PM